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Now that they aral appeared to relax Karigan opened her mouth to speak, but he interrupted

“Are you going to lecture me?”

“What do you think?”

Fergal glowered, but then settled “I was cold, wet, and tired She made me mad”

“We were all wet and tired,” Karigan replied “The horses were drenched”

Fergal stared straight into the fire “I know”

“Look, Sunny isn’t stupid”

“They’re dual shot back “That’s what my da always said That’s what the ave people dominion over beasts That’s e can use them, eat them Ride them”

Did Fergal truly believe it, or was he si words that had been pounded into hian had heard such words herself, but in the case of Fergal’s da, she thought it only an excuse for him to profit from butchery

As for the ic, was generally fruitless, so she didn’t even try What she didn’t understand hy the ods took on anies, like Westrion, the Birdman

Rain lashed s in sheets The gloomy weather left the co in htning illuminated the room

“I’ll take care of Sunny,” Fergal said quietly in an afterthought, “don’t worry on that count, because if I don’t, I can’t be a Rider”

It was good he intended to provide Sunny with care, but what kind of Green Rider would he be, Karigan wondered, if he could not see horses as more than lowly beasts? As meat?

I guess it’s not a require such feelings could only render a horse and Rider an ineffective team